



Keith Kirkland (@wearworksinc) is a TED resident/speaker, an accessories and industrial designer, accomplished speaker and the co-founder and Head of Haptics of WearWork, a company creating nextgen wearables to help visually impaired folks living in busy urban environments. He has also worked with organizations ranging from the MET Museum, Unilever, Mini Cooper, Discovery Channel, Dropbox, The Yokohama Government, Coach and the National Science Foundation.
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* How to give sight to the blind
* The state of the haptics industry today
* What you should know about creating
* How to escape bad environments and still make the best of things
* The future of cyborgs and superhuman senses
* How Keith tried to create a suit that taught you kungfu
* Why we're headed towards a future of sex robots
* The risks of AI if we're not careful with biases
* Keith's thoughts on data privacy as it relates to wearables
* When to call it quits and when to push through
* How to find your calling
* The value of asking for help
* Why we should treat robots better now






















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Are you a climate or impact startup looking for funding? Are you an investor looking for interesting world-positive companies to invest in?

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wiCow: Reducing cow birthing deaths from 6% to 1%.
 	
Bomway: The Alibaba of sustainable product/supplier sourcing
 	
DOTS: Soil sensing to stop billions in fertilizer runoff pollution
 	
Materials Nexus: Harnessing AI to develop sustainable new materials
 	
Foodsquared: Upcycling food and drink by-products into plant-based proteins
 	
Voltiris: Transforming greenhouses into renewable solar powerplants


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Sven Meyer - Investor at 4Impact VC
 	
Madeline Lawrence - Investor at Peak Capital
 	
Ricardo Camarinha - Investor at Teal Impact


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YCombinator popularized the demo day. Shark Tank revolutionized the investor pitch. We take the best of both worlds combined with the Covid-fueled remote nature of everything to bring you The Startup Tank Demo Days presented by 4WARD.VC, the startup pitch fest where founders get to pitch to prospective investors, possible cofounders and the tech ecosystem as a whole.



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Announcing The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Podcast

Are you a climate or impact startup looking for funding? Are you an investor looking for interesting world-positive companies to invest in?

Welcome to The Startup Tank presented by 4WARD.VC 4WARD.VC angel group, a special Swiss-focused startup pitch competition where founders pitch their project to our investor panel including the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), Sparrow Ventures and Wingman as well as investors and VCs tuning in from across the globe.

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PRESENTING STARTUPS INCLUDE:


 	
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Potiio - Soft drink flavor, 30% less sugar - no artificial flavoring.
 	
Zario - Free yourself from your phone and get on with your life.
 	
Raush: Your travel recommendations bookable directly via social media
 	
Footsnap: Foot scanning to ensure online shoes shopping always fits
 	
Kapsly: An all-in-one startup services for equity platform
 	
Blue Salmon: Aquacultured sustainable Swiss salmon


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Thomas Ackermann - Director of SICTIC
 	
Antonia Albert - Investor at Wingman Ventures
 	
Claudius Stammbach - Investor at Sparrow Ventures




About 4WARD.VC's Angel Syndicate:



4WARD.VC's angel group invests in mission-driven pre seed and seed stage startups moving the world forward by tackling big problems in the areas of commerce/ecommerce, platforms/marketplaces, consumer tech, fintech, cleantech & climate change, B2B/enterprise, hardware-as-a-service and of course software/SaaS.


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About The Startup Tank:


YCombinator popularized the demo day. Shark Tank revolutionized the investor pitch. We take the best of both worlds combined with the Covid-fueled remote nature of everything to bring you The Startup Tank Demo Days presented by 4WARD.VC, the startup pitch fest where founders get to pitch to prospective investors, possible cofounders and the tech ecosystem as a whole.



If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.



About the host:
Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur & startup advisor, lead's 4WARD.

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Frans von der Dunk is a Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Director of Black Holes Consultancy, and is generally recognized as one of the world’s leading space law experts. Franz has served as an adviser to a number of governments, the European Commission, ESA, the United Nations, the OECD, various national space agencies, the Association of Space Explorers, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and a number of companies. He is Director Public Relations of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Member of the Board of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), and Member for the Netherlands in the International Law Association's (ILA) Committee on Space Law. He is also Member of the International Editorial Board of 'Space Policy' and many other long acronyms, incredibly important organizations and initiatives focused on space.
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* The issue of ownership and sovereignty in space
* How regulation helps and hurts our the future of space
* Why current space treaties are anything but adequate for space exploration
* What you need to know about asteroid mining and space settlements
* The brewing issues in space which could provoke war
* Why solving the Kessler crisis NEEDS to be a top priority for space operators
* Thoughts private enterprises role in space exploration
* What Frans thinks about Trump's Space Force
* The realities of extraterrestrial space life and the law
* What technologies most worry Frans most
* Why social media and data privacy are such big issues to contend with
* The scary truth about cyber, and space






















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Russell Gold (@russellgold) is an author and award-winning investigative journalist and energy reporter at The Wall Street Journal best known for covering the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. They were awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for best business story of the year and were finalists for the Pulitzer. He's the author of The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World and his new book, Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform Energy tells the story of Michael Skelly, who helped created the wind energy industry in the US in a push for sustainability.
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* How to speed the transition to renewable energy
* The pros and cons of fracking and why it has a bad rap
* Why the energy industry is so fragmented in the US
* What we need MOST to see renewables replace the grid
* How batteries are holding back cleantech
* The pros and cons of monopolies in public infrastructure
* Why Silicon Valley doesn't invest much in energy
* How one innovator can change the course of history and energy consumption
* What we NEED to do to combat climate change
* Why Andy thinks going public is the way to go
* Thoughts on Elon, Tesla and the future of transportation
* What will journalism look like in ten years
* Are billionaire-owned media corporations a net positive

















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Would you sell your life to save another?

Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable...

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